New Orleans Saints: 2025 NFL Draft Class
New Orleans Saints
2025 NFL Draft
Nine (9) Players Drafted
- 1.09 — Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT, Texas - 2.08 — Tyler Shough
QB, Louisville - 3.07 — Vernon Broughton
DT, Texas - 4.10 — Danny Stutsman
LB, Oklahoma - 4.29 — Quincy Riley
CB, Louisville - 6.08 — Devin Neal
RB, Kansas - 7.32 — Moliki Matavao
TE, UCLA - 7.38 — Fadil Diggs
ED, Syracuse
Sports Info Solutions
Below, I've clipped intel from each prospects reports on the SIS NFL Draft Site, including their overall grade, how they graded in certain critical and positional factors, as well as scouting notes.
- Overall Grade: Each player was graded based on how the scout thought they would perform in the NFL by the beginning of their second year. Their projected role by Year 2 is shown in (parentheses) alongside their scouting grade and a brief description.
- Critical and Positional Factors: Each factor is graded on a scale from 1-9. If a player has no below the line or above the line grades, meaning they graded out as sufficient (5) or good (6) in all factors, they won't have a callout in their profile below.
Kelvin Banks, OT
SIS Grade: 6.7 (Strong Starter): 3-down Starter level player with 2 position flexion.
Tyler Shough, QB
SIS Grade: 6.4 (Circumstantial Starter/Good Quality Backup QB): Player has a minimum floor of sufficient ability in all critical factors. He can fill-in for a short term as a starter and you can win with him.
Vernon Broughton, DT
SIS Grade: 5.9 (Top Backup): Top depth level DL, but only 1 position player - ALL 3 downs
Danny Stutsman, MLB
SIS Grade: 6.5 (Low End Starter): All 3 downs, coverage prioritized over take-on types
Quincy Riley, CB
SIS Grade: 6.5 (#3 CB): 3rd CB - Capable starter/better depth (I/O flex mandatory)
Devin Neal, RB
SIS Grade: 6.2 (Backup All 3 downs): Backup; Change of pace runner
Moliki Matavao, TE
SIS Grade: 5.8 (#2 Backup): With Y or H ability
Fadil Diggs, EDGE
SIS Grade: 5.9 (Top Backup): Top depth level Edge, but non-starter; quality SPT player
RB Marcus Yarns, Delaware
WR Chris Tyree, Virginia
WR Moochie Dixon, SMU
G Torricelli Simpkins III, South Carolina
T Easton Kilty, Kansas State
DI Omari Thomas, Tennessee
EDGE Jasheen Davis, Wake Forest
LB Tyreem Powell, Rutgers
CB Dalys Beanum, South Dakota State
S Elliott Davison, UTSA
P James Burnip, Alabama
Minicamp Invites
CB JaVaughn Byrd, Northern Illinois
3-Round Mock Draft
2025 New Orleans Saints Mock
3-Round Mock Draft Logic
- 1.09 (09)
Armand Membou, RT - TRADE!
Picks 40, 71, 93, & 112 to PIT for 21 - 1.21 (21)
Jaxson Dart, QB
SIS Scouting Reports — Grade (Scale)
- Armand Membou, OT — 6.7 (Strong Starter)
- Jaxson Dart, QB — 6.4 (Limited Starter or Multi-Position Backup)
The Saints are down bad. Real bad.
Ryan Ramczyk, who celebrated his 31st birthday this week but also decided to hang up his cleats, played his entire 8-year career with the Saints and leaves behind a major hole at right tackle. Armand Membou is a gifted player with incredible footwork who fills that immediate need.
Then there's the Derek Carr of it all, a player Saints fans do not like and it appears that feeling is mutual.
Carr might not play this season. That's because he may or may not elect to have surgery. It seems as though he'd be willing to play through the pain and put off the surgery for his team—as long as that team was decidedly not the New Orleans Saints.
Enter Jaxson Dart, a player who would be beloved in the Bayou, according to NBC Sports's Denny Carter.
While in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl, Carter noted, while watching the local news in his hotel room, for some reason, that the local news anchors would not stop talking about Jaxson Dart and how the Saints needed to draft him to keep the Mississippi quarterback in the region.
At this point—and for quite some time now—the Saints have felt like a community project trying to become Steelers South and never have a losing season, to always be competitive, and to try to make the playoffs each year before getting bounced in the Wild Card round.
Best of luck to Kellen Moore in all his future endeavors.
Brad Beatson
Other Potential Picks
- Day 1: Mason Graham, Will Campbell, Tetairoa McMillan, Josh Simmons, Walter Nolen, Shemar Stewart, James Pearce Jr., Jahdae Barron, Matthew Golden, Mykel Williams
- Day 2: Josh Conerly Jr., Trey Amos, Kyle Kennard, Carson Schwesinger, Mason Taylor, Shavon Revel, Emery Jones Jr., Aireontae Ersery, Jalen Milroe, Omarr Norman-Lott, Femi Oladejo, Shemar Turner, Quincy Riley, Savion Williams, Nick Emmanwori, Tyler Shough
- Day 3: Drew Kendall, Zah Frazier, Quinn Ewers, Sai'vion Jones, Dylan Sampson, Tai Felton, Vernon Broughton, Kyle McCord, Tyler Batty, Arian Smith, Nick Martin, Will Sheppard, Caleb Ransaw, Warren Brinson, Chandler Martin, Korie Black, Caleb Etienne, Dartanyan Tinsley, Elijah Roberts, Joseph Vaughn, Thomas Fidone II, Will Brooks